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Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is fair to say that, constitutionally, rights to property are not absolute but are subject to the exigencies of the common good. Nobody is saying that when a person comes to make a claim his or account would not be paid. There is all the money coming in plus the reserve fund for that end. The problem is that about €300 million is written in the books of the State, of which the...

Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To free up the money, all the Minister must do is to decide that the order of claim on the money would be slightly changed. In other words, the person would be reimbursed and the first call would be on the constant funds coming in every year that become dormant. The second call would be on the reserve fund and the third would be on all the new dormant accounts coming in which every year...

Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----a back-up of all the moneys that have ever been put in as dormant-----

Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----is, in my view, farcical. I ask the Minister at least to consider I might have a point in this respect. I have followed this matter for years and will admit to having tried to persuade a Minister of Finance in the last year of the last Government to change this situation as part of a Bill we were introducing but unfortunately it did not get through in my time. For a number of years I...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén uair a íocfar na deontais ar fad a bhí ceadaithe ag MFG Teo. sular leachtaíodh é, cén fáth go bhfuil an oiread sin moille leis na híocaíochtaí seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20459/13]

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An bhfuil a fhios ag an Aire nach bhfuil íocaíocht dá laghad déanta i gceantar Chonamara atá faoi chúram Comhairle na n-Oileán? Le sampla a thabhairt dó de na fadhbanna atá ag éirí as seo, tá eagraíocht amháin atá ag fanacht le deontas ón samhradh 2011 agus táimid anois i mí na Bealtaine 2013. Tá...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a dúirt fear liom uair nuair a bhí mé ag déanamh leithscéalta, "Ní leithscéal atá uaim, tá maidí adhmaid uaim." Sa chás seo, séard atá ó na daoine atá ag fanacht ar a gcuid airgead ná airgead. Ní fadhb dóibh siúd plé idir an Roinn agus na comhlachtaí Leader. Cén uair a...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree.

Other Questions: House Purchase Schemes (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have always been very supportive of tenant purchase schemes. When one considers the houses purchased under such schemes, one will see that they are always kept in very good order. These schemes encourage people to help themselves and to look after their properties. In view of all the cutbacks that have occurred, it is very difficult to ensure that local authority properties are...

Other Questions: House Purchase Schemes (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What about the loan issue?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 71. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cé mhéid airgid atá fágtha le ceadú ag Comhar na nOileán Teo. faoin gClár Leader, miondealaithe idir Oileáin agus mórthír Chonamara agus de réir na míreanna sa gClár; cén uair a bheidh cead acu an t-airgead seo a cheadú; agus an ndéanfaidh...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Comhdhaíl Oileáin na hÉireann outlining the reasons that there should be a reduced local property tax on the offshore islands; his response to this letter and the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20580/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Polasaí Iontrála Gaelscoileanna (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéid gearán atá faighte ag a Roinn ó ceapadh é mar Aire Oideachais faoi pholasaí iontrála na nGaelscoileanna agus go mórmhór faoi scoileanna a thugann tosaíocht do pháistí a bhfuil an Ghaeilge acu ón gcliabhán; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheapfar foireann dearaidh do Ghaelscoil de hÍde san Órán Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20569/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the retention level of pupils required to retain a second classroom teacher in an island school; the level of pupils required for a one teacher island school to get a second teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in each offshore island school, not connected by bridge to the mainland, on the 30 of September 2012; the number of classroom teachers attached to each school; the number of general learning support hours allocated to each school; the number of resource hours allocated to each school; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the recommendations of the value for money report on small primary schools; the main conclusions of the report including the educational achievements of the past pupils of these schools; the decision he intends making on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for a safe drop off area for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20701/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (1 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to provide funding this year for the clearance of the Clare river in Claregalway, Lisheenavalla and Caherlea which was part of the programme agreed after the flooding in 2009; the amount that will be spent this year; the works that will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20583/13]